(A) (1) If an owner fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this subchapter on the notice given by the city and fails or refuses to exercise his or her right of appeal from the city’s decision within the time prescribed, or if he or she fails or refuses to comply with the order of the City Council on appeal, such nuisance shall be abated by the city; and the expense incurred, which shall include salary and wages and reasonable charge for machinery, tools and vehicles used in abating such nuisance, shall be a personal charge against the owner of such premises and shall be assessed as a lien against the property from which the nuisance was abated, and shall be due and payable to the city’s Tax Collector.
(2) Failure to pay the charge when due shall cause the charge to bear interest from the date of payment by the city at the maximum rate allowed by law.
(3) The lien shall be obtained as provided in Tex. Health and Safety Code § 342.007.
(B) If the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the municipality without further notice may correct the violation at the owner expense and assess the expense against the property. If a violation covered by a notice under this section occurs within the one-year period and the city has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, then the city without further notice may take action permitted by this section.
(2012 Code, § 34-96)